nuclear
Spanish, verb/nukleˈaɾ/
nuclear is spelled N-U-C-L-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nuclear is a Spanish verb meaning “to join up; to unite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juntar, apretar alrededor de un núcleo o en un núcleo”.
What does nuclear mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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verb
- 1
to join up; to unite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio o relativo al núcleo. 2. propio o relativo al núcleo atómico. 3. Propio o relativo a la energía liberada por la desintegración del átomo. 4. Propio o relativo a la industria que aprovecha esta energía.
verb: 1. Juntar, apretar alrededor de un núcleo o en un núcleo. 2. Formar un núcleo o parte central.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nuclear
- nucleares feminine masculine plural
- nucleo first-person present singular
- nucleé first-person preterite singular
- nucleado participle past
- nucleando gerund
- nucleada feminine participle past
- nucleados masculine participle past
- nucleadas feminine participle past
- nucleas indicative informal present
- nucleás indicative informal present
- nuclea indicative present singular
- nucleamos first-person indicative plural
- nucleáis indicative plural present
- nuclean indicative plural present
- nucleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- nucleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- nucleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- nucleabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nuclear?
- /nukleˈaɾ/
- [nu.kleˈaɾ]
- [nukleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nuclear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nuclear in Spanish?
nuclear appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).